Demand has historically been high for travel with the theme parks, weekly military basic training graduations, medical district, and historic downtown draw (Alamo, Riverwalk, etc).

Furthermore, your E-4 really has a lot more take home pay because they don't have to pay for medical benefits, retirement, life insurance, etc. and much of their compensation (think Basic Allowance for Housing or BA for Sustenance) isn't classified as "pay" and therefore it's not taxed.

@Angelo Mart That is actually really interesting you would say that because I've been finding that area more and more attractive in terms of buying rental properties for students given its close proximity to the law school / medical school / NJIT.  

Even though furnished finder was first created (and still labels itself as 'travel nurse housing demand') to cater to travel nurses, they recently published an article about searches for furnished rentals by non-medical travelers exceeded medical travelers for the first time and they expect that trend to continue.

Positives - they just built an expensive (relatively) convention center, getting a 240million dollar casino and have job commitments and dollars coming in from steel, food processing, manufacturing, life science, plus a large hospital and new medical centers.

I already know several people around me in the medical field being laid off. 

Our property is across from a Starbucks, Walmart grocery store, next to a Chipotle… The neighborhood is turning over and becoming a profitable part of town thanks to a world-class research hospital and medical campus nearby.Thank you for your advice!

This can be important if you have an older seller and they ever have to qualify for medical benefits.

I bailed on the covid tyranny of WA Gov Jay Inslee who decided it was his right to dictate my personal medical decisions. 

Another tip for finding out demand in Tampa is to use Indeed to search travel nurse, doctor, and other medical professional positions.